Good afternoon.

The time is now 5 01 p.m.

on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025 in the City of San Antonio.

City Council public comment meeting is called to order.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Corps.

Councilmember Castillo Anguiano.

Present.

Councilmember Via Gran.

Councilmember Mungia.

Councilmember Castillo.

Here.

Councilmember Galvan.

Councilmember Alderete Gabito.

Councilmember Mesa Gonzalez.

Councilmember Spears.

Councilmember White.

Mayor Jones.

Here.

Mayor, we have quorum.

Okay.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

This is a public hearing scheduled for today as well as the public comment, open forum.

We'll begin the meeting with a public hearing and then move on to public comment.

Speakers will be called in the order they signed up to speak, and the next speaker will be announced so speakers may begin to make their way to the podium.

Speakers will have two minutes.

Groups of three or more will be given six minutes.

If a speaker would like to cede their time to another speaker, they must notify the presiding officer prior to be getting their time as unused minutes are forfeited and cannot be seated.

Only speakers on the list may speak or cede their time, and written comment may be submitted to the city clerk.

The time is now 5 02 p.m.

and the combined public hearing for the budget and tax rate is now open.

Madam Clerk, please read the caption for the public hearing.

Great.

Ms.

Tate, over to you.

Good afternoon, Mayor and City Council.

My name is Jacina Tate.

I'm the budget director for the city of San Antonio.

And today I'll provide a brief presentation for the public hearing.

The purpose of today's public hearing is to obtain feedback from the public on the city's proposed property tax rate as well as the proposed budget proposed capital and operating budget.

Today's hearing is the first of two public hearings that we will hold.

The next one will be Thursday, September 11th.

Now these public hearings are in addition to the town halls that we've hosted.

We hosted 11 town halls throughout the city.

These were hosted after the budget was proposed on August 14th.

The fiscal year 2026 proposed budget is about $4 billion.

This is about 2.2% higher than fiscal year 2025.

This is made up of three major components, the first being our general fund at 1.69 billion dollars, and this is about a 1.6% increase over 2025.

The remaining components are capital budget at 1.1 billion dollars and restricted funds at 1.2 billion.

And these are funds that have a restricted source of revenue, so these revenues must be spent on a specific purpose.

The city's tax rate remains at 54.159 cents per 100 of valuation.

This is the 33rd consecutive year without an increase.

This is for exemptions to include homesteads, seniors, disabled persons, and child care provider.

It also includes a tax freeze for certain individuals.

One second, Ms.

Tate.

Um, are the slides coming up.

My apologies.

So uh just real quick to reiterate on the city's property tax rate.

Uh there is no property tax rate increase in the proposed budget.